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To combat racial/ethnic and socioeconomic health disparities associated with COVID-19 in our surrounding communities, the Cleveland Clinic Community Health & Partnership team developed a comprehensive program focused on connecting and communicating with local officials, faith based organizations, and individual community members. Since March of 2020, our team has donated resources (e.g., personal protective equipment) to …

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Abstract: Health and healthcare disparities are variances in the health of a population or the care rendered to a population. Disparities result in a disproportionately higher prevalence of disease or lower standard of care provided to the index group. Multiple theories exist regarding the genesis of this disturbing finding. The COVID-19 pandemic has had the …

Pandemic Superimposed on Epidemic: Covid-19 Disparities in Black Americans Read More »

Carlton Reeves, who currently serves as United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, recently oversaw this case of clear abuse by a police officer. Legally speaking, he was forced to rule with the officer because qualified immunity essentially tied his hands. In response, he penned this …

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Article from Slate magazine about the prevalence of lying in police work, at all levels, and how it ruins lives.

Two hundred fifty years of slavery. Ninety years of Jim Crow. Sixty years of separate but equal. Thirty-five years of racist housing policy. Until we reckon with our compounding moral debts, America will never be whole.

George Floyd’s murder at the knees of police officer Derek Chauvin ignited protests that have spread across the U.S. and into other countries, and have elevated the calls to abolish the police. This recent uprising has also swept up many in the Nepali communities. As Nepali American immigrants committed to building Black-Brown solidarity for justice, …

Beyond Hashtags and Photo Ops: A Call to Nepali Americans for Black & Dalit Lives Read More »